ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 274746 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.94
Score 0% 59%

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1

Damon loaned Roger $1,500 at an annual interest rate of 5%. If no payments are made, what is the interest owed on this loan at the end of the first year?

74% Answer Correctly
$75
$42
$10
$63

Solution

The yearly interest charged on this loan is the annual interest rate multiplied by the amount borrowed:

interest = annual interest rate x loan amount

i = (\( \frac{6}{100} \)) x $1,500
i = 0.05 x $1,500
i = $75


2

A sports card collection contains football, baseball, and basketball cards. If the ratio of football to baseball cards is 3 to 2 and the ratio of baseball to basketball cards is 3 to 1, what is the ratio of football to basketball cards?

53% Answer Correctly
3:1
9:2
3:8
5:6

Solution

The ratio of football cards to baseball cards is 3:2 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards is 3:1. To solve this problem, we need the baseball card side of each ratio to be equal so we need to rewrite the ratios in terms of a common number of baseball cards. (Think of this like finding the common denominator when adding fractions.) The ratio of football to baseball cards can also be written as 9:6 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards as 6:2. So, the ratio of football cards to basketball cards is football:baseball, baseball:basketball or 9:6, 6:2 which reduces to 9:2.


3

This property states taht the order of addition or multiplication does not mater. For example, 2 + 5 and 5 + 2 are equivalent.

60% Answer Correctly

distributive

commutative

PEDMAS

associative


Solution

The commutative property states that, when adding or multiplying numbers, the order in which they're added or multiplied does not matter. For example, 3 + 4 and 4 + 3 give the same result, as do 3 x 4 and 4 x 3.


4

A machine in a factory has an error rate of 9 parts per 100. The machine normally runs 24 hours a day and produces 9 parts per hour. Yesterday the machine was shut down for 2 hours for maintenance.

How many error-free parts did the machine produce yesterday?

48% Answer Correctly
136.5
139.8
180.2
138

Solution

The hourly error rate for this machine is the error rate in parts per 100 multiplied by the number of parts produced per hour:

\( \frac{9}{100} \) x 9 = \( \frac{9 \times 9}{100} \) = \( \frac{81}{100} \) = 0.81 errors per hour

So, in an average hour, the machine will produce 9 - 0.81 = 8.19 error free parts.

The machine ran for 24 - 2 = 22 hours yesterday so you would expect that 22 x 8.19 = 180.2 error free parts were produced yesterday.


5

The total water usage for a city is 5,000 gallons each day. Of that total, 24% is for personal use and 49% is for industrial use. How many more gallons of water each day is consumed for industrial use over personal use?

58% Answer Correctly
7,500
9,900
1,250
3,450

Solution

49% of the water consumption is industrial use and 24% is personal use so (49% - 24%) = 25% more water is used for industrial purposes. 5,000 gallons are consumed daily so industry consumes \( \frac{25}{100} \) x 5,000 gallons = 1,250 gallons.